COOKBOOK CLUB

  It is simple.    Each month we choose a different book, get inspired, and head to Archestratus with a dish in hand the evening of Cookbook Club.    (Or if you really can't make it happen, perhaps pick up something on your way? It's really about seeing the same people every month.)   A lovely evening of food, drink, and conversation amongst neighbors ensues.    It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! It gives us a monthly dose of hope for the universe!  

This month's pick:EXTRA HELPING: Recipes for building a community one dish at a time

There is no more essential place to show up for people than on the plate.   Extra Helping is for anyone who wants to respond to the challenge of baby announcements, PTO meal chains, and CaringBridge alerts with compassion and creativity; who wants to send something to a niece overcome by finals week or a neighbor who is grieving; and whose limits of time and other resources leave them feeling more confused than inspired.  

Author Janet Reich Elsbach will be joining us at this month's Cookbook Club!

JANET REICH ELSBACH lives in a rural community in Western Massachusetts. She teaches writing to high school students and to adults with developmental disabilities and, for over ten years, was a counselor to new and growing families. She writes about how all the numerous things going on in the average life collide with making dinner on her blog A Raisin & a Porpoise. She has chased strange ingredients, healing nutrition, and good food all her life and is a regular contributor to the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. Her writing has appeared on Food52, Modern Loss, Manifest Station, Role/Reboot, and Verily Magazine. 

Snag some recipes for Wednesday:

No pressure! Just fun.If you have any questions email the shop at [email protected]See you there!